Maryland Campaign

Target Property at South Mountain

General Meade and his troops moved through this forested area at South Mountain. Acquisition of this target property would increase the Civil War Trust’s land holdings in the area by 298 acres.

(Doug Ullman)

Dahlgren Road

Dahlgren Road served Union soldiers as a crucial pathway toward Confederate soldiers embedded on either side of the road on September 14, 1862. These soldiers proceeded to the Battle of South Mountain in an attempt to stop the reunification of Lee’s army before the Battle of Antietam.

(Doug Ullman)

Target Property at Harpers’ Ferry

This parcel of land – pictured in the direction where the cannon in pointed – would extend the protected land of the famous clash of General Stonewall Jackson and General Dixon Miles. Confederate soldiers left Harpers’ Ferry for the Battle of Antietam.

(Doug Ullman)

Destruction of Harpers' Ferry

The bridge in Harpers' Ferry which was destroyed in 1861.

(Library of Congress)

View from Bolivar Heights

Bolivar Heights witnessed the formal surrender of 12,700 Union troops after three days of fighting on September 15, 1862. The property, located beyond the tree line, would extend the protected land in the region.

(Doug Ullman)

View from Target Property at Antietam

The land located along Hagerstown Pike - the road which leads to land containing the Dunker Church and the fields where the majority of bloodshed occurred at the Battle of Antietam – hosted Union troops as they proceeded towards the Confederate position.

(Doug Ullman)

Reel Ridge

The acquisition of Reel Ridge would expand the current preserved land in association with the Battle of Antietam. Reel Ridge was of strategic importance during the battle as it was one of the key parcels of high ground around the Sunken Road.

(Doug Ullman)

Target Property at Shepherdstown

Union soldiers, under the command of General Porter, moved through this area in pursuit of General A.P. Hill’s Confederate troops on September 19, 1862.

(Doug Ullman)

Shepherdstown

This image of Shepherdstown during the Civil War highlights its essential waterways which made Sheperdstown a crucial victory for the Confederate troops during the Maryland Campaign in 1862.

(Antietam National Battlefield)

Trough Road

Union troops utilized Trough Road to reach the Battle of Shepherdstown. As soldiers travelled up this road, Confederate soldiers were located within the forested area.